Stall-partition for stock-cars



(No Model.)

B. C. HICKS.

sTALL PARTITION TOR STOCK GARS.

No. 449,740. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

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JNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE ISOIlN CIIAPIN HICKS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HICKS STOCK CAR- COMPANY, OF TEST VIRGINIA.

.FOR STOCK-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,740, dated April 7, 1891.

Application filed July 16, 1890.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, BOHN CHAPIN HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stall-Partitions for Stock- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention rela-tes to the means employed for raising and lowering stall-partitions of stock-cars, and is an improvement upon previous constructions of the devices employed for that purpose.

The invention consists in the novel combinations and constructions hereinafter1 pointed out and claimed.

lIn the drawings, Figure l shows a partial longitudinal section of the car provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail of the clamp by which the belt connecting the partition to the winding-drum is joined to said drum, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the parts shown at Fig. 2.

In said drawings, A represents the side of an open stock-ear, and B the roof thereof.

C represents the bars, and c the connecting-links making up the flexible stall-partition. There are ordinarily several of these partitions in the ear. To one of the upper corners of each of these partitions a strong flat belt D is secured, which passes first over a pulley E, located at the upper end of the runway formed by the stationary guides F f, in which the partition moves vertically, and by which itis held in position when lowered.

Freni said pulley E the flat band passes to and is secured to the winding-shaft G, operated by the hand wheel g, which projects through the roof and into position, so that-it can be operated by an attendant at that point. Said shaft G also carries a ratchet-wheel H, engaging with which is a stationarily-located pawl h, such ratchet and pawl being adapted to hold the winding-shaft against any rotation which would unwind the partition. Said pawl is, however, readily thrown out of engagement when the partition is to be lowered.

The shaft G is square or angular, and I provide it with a drum, upon which the flat band may be wound, consisting of the two seinicircular pieces I I, adapted upon their interior can be thus wound.

Serial No. 358,921. (No model.)

sides not only to fit shaft G, but also to clamp the end of the band D thereto, as clearly indicated at Fig. 3. The two piecesl I are provided with ears i at their ends, and bolts J are passed through said ears andtightened, so as to securely hold the belt. The pieces I I are thus made to serve a double function. lVith this construction the winding up of the band upon the drum I I causes an increase in diameter at the drum, but leaves a smooth round surface, upon which the bars and links of the partition can be wound without difficulty, at least so many of said bars and links as it is necessary to wind around the drum The partition shown at the right of Fig. l is illustrated in the raised position, with a portion of the bars wound upon thedrum. By this winding of the flat band in the manner described I avoid any necessity for the employment of wheels with projecting rims to receive and support the slats of the partition when wound up, as the outer layer of the flat band when coiled upon the winding-drum is equally adapted to support the bars. By locating the hand-wheel at a remove from the pulley E,I avoid the necessity of winding on 'the drum any except the upper bars of the partition, the remainder being raised but not wound, as illustrated at Fig. 1. s

The shaft G has been referred to as angular. By this it is meant that the shaft is polygonal in -cross-section or of a shape not circular, so that the bands can be held thereon without slipping.

I claim- 1. A stall-partition, awindinU-shaft, anda flat band connecting said partition and shaft, in combination with a clamp which secures said band to said shaft, said clamp on its inner face conforniingto the shape of the shaft, so as to clamp the band thereto, but being circular on its exterior, thereby constituting a drum on which said band may be wound, substantially as set forth. s

2. In a stock-car, the combination of asolid angular winding -shaft, a flexible partition, one or more bands for connecting the partition to the shaft, and one or more clamps made in two parts, cylindrical upon their IOO cuter surfaces and internally formed to ft the shaft is revolved, substantially as fletlxe shaft and provided with ears and bolts, scribed. whereby when the bands are )laeed between V- )Y 7 the parts of the Clamps and thel latter clamped IOHN @UA1 IN HICKS 5 upon the shaft the bands will be rmlybound \VitnesseS:

between the shaft and the Clamps, Winding E. J. EDWARDS, upon the cylindrical surfaces of the latter as Il'. M. MUNDAY. 

